suddenly remembered that i had a blog.. suddenly remembered that i havent blog about mount ophir climb.. suddenly realised that my dad has "violent" objection to me going to church... and definitely blog about how i overcome the temptation to murder everyone in the office.. *shake head..

it's definitely not a nice thing to find out especially when i have been attending church for like what.. 4 years? thou the first three years was... neither here nor there.. or even hardly there.. christ was only my emergency hotline back then...

oh well.. the past one week was kinda crap.. that.. what determines if your day is a bad one.. YOU.. yea.. it's Y O U.. the bible says that the power of life and death lies in the tongue.. your day is not determined by whether everything is smooth sailing or not.. but"how much" of Christ did u see?

yea.. so much of casting your probs to the lord.. when half the time (or rather most the time) you are talking and thinking about it..
i believe what it means when we say we cast it to the lord is when we say cast it to him and we focus on JEsus and not the prob. If you ever wonder why those problems hardly ever left your head it's probably because you are still fretting over why it still hangs when u already like say a thousand and 2 times that you cast it to the lord. F O C U S

focus your mind on Jesus, fill your mind with Jesus' love for you.. Fill your heart with faith pictures and past victory that God has given you.. You either filled yourself with thoughts of Christ or thoughts of your possible failure..

hate the things you do? why not start filling your heart and mind on Jesus while doing the things you hate most instead of whining how much you dislike it? I really believe that this will not only yield great results but actually make u love the very thing you hated... cuz as you see more of Jesus, you draw nearer to him.. you become more and more like Him.. just like how u pick up some habitual phrase or lingo from people u always hang out with... Jesus can even love you.. is there anything else HE cannot love? (haha.. oOps.. couldn't resist that.. =p)

i dont know why i'm saying all this but probably because i am the one that needs it the most..

i prayed that the above-written will blessed whoever that reads this.. cuz i seriously feel that the world need more of people who will do things for God and not because they have to do.. that they will find a purpose in the things they do..

i found my purpose in my camp, my workplace.. until.. last week.. i was totally lost in the world of self-glorifying, greater-than-thou attitude.. i start comparing my working attitude with my colleague.. my working ability and theirs.... wrong move on me man.. wrong move with a capital W...

i totally forgot who is the one that strengthens me.. who is the one that anoint my hands and lips.. forgot the one who died to give me the favour with people i dont deserve.. totally forgot about HIM.. i can do things faster and better than anyone is because HE enables me...

i forgot my source of EVERYTHING...

(if you realise.. this probably the longest blog of mine ever.. havent blog about mount ophir yet.. )

this is crazy man..

this is like one whole month blog into one..

what makes david famous? it's that he slain goliath.. it's high time i should stop whining and see all my problems as provisions for me to grow more and more and more... what is failure when you know u are not going to die..

(now to my mount ophir entry..)

more than a month back.. i think.. cant exactly remember when i went there... i almost fell and died.. i was never a forest person.. aint no good friend of heights.. but i still went.. cuz i wanna challenge myself.. and so i went.. a pair of shorts and singlet (the one des bought for me from phuket) with a pouch with 2 mars chocolate bar and a 1.5l mineral water... oh yes.. my sandals too..

the whole plan was crazy la.. we left on a friday night after cg.. (wait i remembered the date now.. haha.. it was on han's birthday!!) 6th jan. (my boss came to pick me up in his scooter.. tallking about favour) two cars traveled down to woodlands checkpoint crossing the causeway entering malaysia.. and we begin our 3 hours journey to segamat.. the small town where mount ophir is located..

Journey to Mount Ophir!~!left ngee ann poly at 1035pm on 070106 on mr david's bike. met up with the rest of the team at woodlands. 9 men team embark on their journey in two cars, left woodlands at 1115pm .drove down to causeway, went thru the custom and entered into johore at 1147pm.

i took the second car and mr david our nagivator is in the first car.. the car with lousy wipers.. it was raining kinda heavy.. and everytime the wiper wipes, the windscreen fogged up. in the end, first car traveled at a relatively slow speed.. less than 20mins into johore.. walkie talkie couldnt get a network.. signal was disrupted. gonna contact thru hp.. (my hp.. that's when i realise i actually has autoroam.. welcome to malaysia, than for using celcom)major salleh is the driver for the 1st car.. due to foggy window, he made a left turn instead of going straight.. realising it in time, he immediately turn right, cutting thru the road and turn out from the other zebra crossing.. no one realise the mistake until the next morning...

****rewind***
back in second car
***issac - did u all see that??
neo - yea man.. smart move..
steve - that's cool man.. haha.. the last time i saw someone doing something similar was the pizza boy..
fadly- now we know what major salleh do for part time.. hmm..

First Stop - Yung Peng
took a 1 hr 57mins drive to reach our midpoint. arrived at 0144am. had supper at this foodcourt lookalike thing. this place was rather crowded.. it seems to be a stopover point for tour buses.. ate mee goreng.. and ramly burger.. shiok ah...left yung peng at 210am leaving straight for ophir base.Ophir Base Campfirst car went off without warning.. our car lost track of them and made a wrong turn instead... drove for a good 20mins before our vechicle commander decided to do something real smart... call mr david for direction..realise we were in the wrong direction.. our driver neo sped thru the highway... going at 160km/h.. (the infamous north-south highway in malaysia has no street lamp)

thoeritically we are 4omins away from them.. we took only 5mins to reach back to original position. after getting our coordinates and navigation right.. we decided to catch up with the first car neo drove at a crazy speed of 180-200km/h on the infamous malaysia's north-south highway (which has no streetlamp) under a heavy downpour...

arrived at base camp at 0319... second car arrived just minute after the first car turn off the engine...

lay our ground sheet and decided to catch some quick nap.. climb will start at 0830am..

The Morning..woke up at 630am. wash up and had our breakfast.. famous mee goreng by mr ganesh.. he's the nice store owner at the base camp. mr david's friend...had my mee goreng and teh tarik.. shiok.. then come the not-so-good news.. we are climbing up light.. we had alot of things to covered and have to travel fast and light.. i went up with a 1.5L and 500ml bottle and 2 mars chocolate bar. a touch, knife poncho... regretted my decision... haha..The Climb...we started on time at 0830. going thru checkpoint after checkpoint..

(sorry for the lack of description and pictures for the climb up)

we reached the summit in 3hours 24mins.. we conquered 1,276m (4186feet) high summit..


Hey Look! Butterfly!!








hiding beind the stone marker... started drizzling...

stoning in the rain.. *look at the sandal***

we rested for less than 20mins we decided to leave.. cuz.. it's super duper cold!~!~!

This is one of the rope work we need to clear.. it's almost vertical.. almost.. it's... very high u know..

this is exactly how it looks like from the top.. miss the rope and it a long way down......

behold... this is the place where i nearly lost my life.. see the ladder? nope.. not the one outside.. the one inside..

i slipped and almost feel to my death..

i clinged on to something which i know not what was it.. then i suddenly remembered pastor once said.. "how fast will you speed when you know you are not going to die.."

i got out of my predicament and carry on my way down.. and i started to run... yes.. very fast.. so fast the i was stopped only because i stumped my toes into the roots of the tree... yes.. all thanx to sandals.. haha..

my friend told me the way i ran was scary man.. when i was negotiating a corner i got one leg hanging mid-air.. i regained my balance and start running.. that's what he saw...

anyway.. it took me 2hrs 49mins to reached the bottom.. praise god.. i am in ONE piece...

bottomline is.. you need God.. hmm.. suddenly felt so victorious.. i wouldn't died so easily.. it's hard for me to fail when God is on my side.. hmm.. what's there in life that i lack? nothing really.. in actuality.. nothing.. Jesus' death provided everything.. it's ours to take.. but are we taking it?

i prayed that there will be a day when God is my ONLY source.. and i thank God that the day will draw near faster and faster...

To God be the glory.. A match with the "fiercest" fighter of SPT makes me famous.. a dialogue session with the senior commanders make me mr representative for our wing.. a lecture and demonstration i gave makes me the walking martial art concordance and most skilled and knowledgable fighter.. a mount ophir climb makes people call me daredevil.. an instructor course i undertook produced good instructors.. a training video made and everyone calls me director and stuntmen.. haha..

none of these would have been accomplished without god.. if you think what i just wrote are what i bragged about, it's your lost.. let me tell you this.. with a God like mine.. nothing is impossible... and time now is 8pm.. took me an hour and a half to blog.. haha.. longest blog ever.. =) cheers!~!